Okay Now That I Finished the game, A few things really need to be said.
The Ending while many found it too much of a cliff hangar leaves room
for a third Half Life which by the way make the world go round! $$$
The game in general was cool... Wish there were more "DOG" Sequences,
but very cool use of physics. What made this game fun is the gameplay
changed... Either throwing spheres, using rockets, placing objects on
sand to walk on, or using the antlions as personal attack pets. very
very cool!
I would give this Game a Perfect score with a few areas to be done
better in next game...  Weapons and ammo could be in other places such
as lockers and drawers instead of Supply Boxes... But I think valve
made it so you dont start throwing away needed supplies at enemies...
still think this one area could have been addresed with supply cabinets
and ammo cabinets. The graphics were as photorealistic as you could
ever dream with water that looked even better than far cry. Although
The gameplay was linear and has no real re-play value it was well worth
the $25.00 spent. Yeah I was a late odopter by about 6 months :-)
Amazing Half Life 2 Experience. -Sam